Your food, where it comes from & what's in it

Can you take a minute to dream with me? Imagine this: Corporate America actually creating jobs here in the United States. Imagine this, too: The U.S. government actually listening to the people of America instead of the whims of corporate America. Those two things could transform this country in ways we’ve never seen!

What would happen if some of these mega-corporations decided to say, “Let’s help out our nation and put people back to work. We’ll take some of our profits and invest in America. We want people to have pride in our country again and we want the citizens to see that we really are a good American company! After all, we have the resources to make great changes all across America.”

Suppose the United States government actually did its job and worked FOR the American people: listening, protecting, advocating for the citizens of this land. Isn’t that what the plethora of government agencies are for: the FDA, USDA and the EPA? What about the Bill of Rights and the Constitution? Weren’t these entities established to protect the people from governmental abuse?

Ralph Nader recently proposed what he termed “Corporate Patriotism” in an article written in Reader Supported News. Excellent ideas and something that could turn this country around.

Instead of greed, why not compassion toward the millions of us without full-time jobs? We don’t want handouts: welfare, food stamps, unemployment insurance – we want decent jobs! We want to work, to feel useful, not used or forgotten or unworthy. Bring those jobs back home from China, India, Pakistan, Thailand and see what could happen to this economy! We want to work at real work, not at service jobs paying just over the minimum wage with no benefits.

In lieu of the news that the Supreme Court decided not to take another look at Citizens United, which is a shameful misnomer. There is nothing “united” for “citizens” in this. It’s all about favoritism and opportunity for corporate America. If anything, it’s corporations uniting against America: using their vast monetary resources to buy and influence government to do their bidding. It should be declared illegal. The Supreme Court has its head up its ass!

The United States government continues to ignore the American people. Polls show that 93% want labeling on GMO ingredients in food. GMOs are benned in many countries and any GMO food must be labeled in about 50 places worldwide. Alas, here in the United States – where GMO ingredients are in about 90% of our food, the government backs down again and again. Why? The all-fearsome Monsanto! It is so powerful that nobody wants to take it on. Why? Because nobody has had enough balls to bring them down. Why? Our justice system, the USDA, the FDA and the EPA have wimped out time after time: there’s no teeth in the laws to hold these companies accountable. Money, influence, threats of lawsuits cause even our own GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES to tuck their tails between their legs, whimper and run the other way. How can this be that companies like Monsanto, Dow, Syngenta, DuPont and others have so much power, so much influence that our own government is afraid of them? Where are the LAWS to protect the citizens of this country? Sen. Bernie Sanders (below) puts forth a reasonable argument which, alas, was not adopted in the Food Bill of 2012.

WE THE PEOPLE built this nation. It was on the backs of our ancestors that this country was founded. Our fathers, grandfathers, great and great-great grandfathers toiled to build the cities of this nation. Brave enough to go into the unknown, they ventured across this vast continent to the opposite sea. Their dream was to have a home, land and be free of oppression.

Today we see that dream has failed. Our government — and I might add, NOT just this present administration — has morphed into a puppet of corporate America. No longer do WE THE PEOPLE have any say. Oh yes, we can vote – but it means nothing because elected officials are not working for the American people but the corporations.

What would happen if our elected officials were paid according to what they did for their constituents? No automatic salary, perks, benefits. If they could stop bickering like little children and realize that IT IS THEIR JOBto work for the American people, not against them!

Imagine this: America becoming great again. People honestly being proud to be Americans. A compassionate, human government that works for the people and with the people of this nation. Companies that are made by law to tow the line, invest IN America and proudly say, “Look what we’ve done.”

Humanitarian, environmental and food activist, blogging on current societal issues.
My blogs cover what's in our food and how it affects our health; the effects of our seemingly small actions regarding chemical and pesticide use in and around our homes and its impact on our Earth.

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